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WorldGBC launches groundbreaking project to ensure all buildings are “net zero” by 2050 June 28, 2016 at 1:01 AM The World Green Building Council has today launched a groundbreaking new project which aims to ensure that all buildings are “net zero” by 2050, to help deliver on the ambition of the Paris Agreement and tackle climate change. Advancing Net Zero will see WorldGBC and Green Building Councils in countries with some of the biggest projected growth in building roll out net zero building certification and training so that these highly efficient buildings become commonplace over the next 35 years. At least eight Green Building Councils from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, South Africa, and Sweden will initially take part in the project, and Architecture 2030, a non-profit organisation working to reduce emissions from buildings, will be Lead Par...